Wave setter



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WAVE SETTER Filed July 18, 1934 INV ENTOR ABEAHAM GOODMAN.

ATTORNEY Patented May 12, 1936' uNirEo STATES PATENT OFFICE WAVE SETTER Abraham Goodman, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to lllelamere Company, Ina, a corporation Delaware Application in]! 18, 1934, Serial No. 735,804

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6 device throughout their lengths and maintained under pressure until the wave is set.

' Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying 10 drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a wave sette embodying the invention; v 1

0 ll ll in contact with each other throughout their lengths when the jaws are in closed position, as best seen in Fig. 3. Each jaw has an out-' wardly flared lower end H, which lower end is curved lengthwise to conform substantially to the 5 general curvature of the head, and an upwardly extending finger I3. I

Thetwo jaws are connected together by a rod or pin M which extends lengthwise through openings I5 in the overlapping ears l6 at the ends of 30 the finger pieces. A spring l1, coiled about the rod It, serves normally to urge the two jaws together. A series of teeth H! are stamped out of the material of the portion H or each jaw, the teeth on the two jaws being staggered relatively to each other sothat those carried on one jaw will come between those carried on the other when the jaws are closed. The teeth I8 are somewhat shorter than the width of the flange l2 and they extend inwardly at an angle'such that when the jaws are closed, the teeth of one Jaw will lie flat againstthe flange of the opposite jaw, as shown in Fig. 3. The flanges l2 assist in giving the desired shape to the hair wave, and protect the teeth from being accidently bent out of proper alignment.

In use, the hair is dampened and a wave is 5 formed in the usual manner. The wave setter is then placed over the wave, with its jaws open as shown in Fig. 4. In this position, the opposed sets of teeth It engage downwardly in the hair 10 and, as the jaws are closed, lift or raise the wave so that the crest comes in position between the opposed flat portions Hll of' the two jaws. The pressure of the spring ll causes the two opposed portions Hi l to pinch the crest of the wave tightly, thus holding the wave under pressure until the hair is dried and'the wave set. The openings l9, formed by stamping the teeth, serve to permit ofcirculation of air to facilitate drying the hair.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications in the details of construotion' herein illustrated and described may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

What I claim is: v A wave setter comprising a pair of spring pressed -arcuate-shaped jaws hinged together at their upper edges, said jaws having opposed flat portions that contact with each other throughout to press the hair tightly therebetween when the jaws are closed, and having diverging flange portions along their lower edges, each jaw carrying a set of spaced-apart teeth extending inwardly at an angle corresponding to the angle of the flange of the opposed jaw and lying flat against said flange when closed, the teeth of the two jaws being disposed in alternation with each other.

, ABRAHAM GOODMAN. 

